ROBERTA REI

AUGUST 19

GIFFONI IMPACT

Biography

I was born in Naples on August 21st, 1985 and I grew up in a house full of jazz music. But I have  always preferred running to dancing, I did it for 10 years. However, I had to learn Chinese in order to make it to the Olympics.
Since then I have never stopped travelling. I lived in America and then I came back to Italy and I was selected for the master in journalism of IULM University, Milan.
I made enquiries for Rainews and ilfattoquotidiano.it and in 2012 I won the Repubblica prize dedicated to Giuseppe D’Avanzo, thanks to a reportage on immigrants.
After two years working for l’Espresso, I moved to Rai3 where I worked as a reporter for the “Agorà” programme.
I deal with enquiries on immigrants, environment, organised crime, always in video format and I am almost always behind the cameras.
Half woman, half camera, since my father took me all around the world to see concerts. I had never worn a shirt or a tie before but I accepted to do it for the TV programme “Le Iene”. Also because they set me up thanks to my first love: running.

(iene.mediaset.it)